Midha: Downstream liability for open-source AI developers destroys the innovation ecosystem
Anjney Midha · The Current Reality of American AI Policy: From ‘Pause AI’ to ‘Build’ · Aug 15, 2025 · at 12:15
Anjney Midha is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He criticizes legislation like California's SB 1047 that seeks to impose strict liability on open-source AI developers for downstream end-user actions.
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“The status quo is you do not hold scientists liable for downstream uses of their technology. That's absurd. That's a great way to shut down the entire innovation ecosystem and start throwing literally like researchers in jail.”
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